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-All colonies but Georgia have representatives
-voted to send a "statement of grievances"
-Voted to Boycott all British Trade
-Patrick Henery -VA rep. urged colonists to unite against britain -
-General Gage brings thousands of British soldiers to Boston with more on the way -
-Paul Revere rides to warn the Sons of Liberty in Lexington and Concord that the "British are coming... The British are coming.." -
--Battle of Lexington
- 1st battle of American Revolutionary War
-"Shot heard around the world" -Ralph Waldo Emerson
-BRITISH Victory
-- Battle of Concord
-Americans stop British and force them to retreat back to boston
-AMERICAN victory -
- Benedict Arnold Ethan Allen capture the fort
- Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
- AMERICAN victory
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-print moneys
-set up post office
-Created continental army led by George Washington
-sent olive branch asking king to protect their rights
-king hires 30,000 hessian's soldiers in response -
- Fought on breed's Hill
- "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" -William Prescott
- BRITISH victory (Americans ran out of ammunition) British learn defeating Americans would not be easy.
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-Realizes men are disorganized need discipline
-need weapons -
-Pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
-"Every thing that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'TIS TIME TO PART' -Thomas Paine, Common Sense -
-Washington believes his army is ready weapons arrive
-Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
-BRITISH retreat - AMERICAN Victory -
-Debate on declaring independence
-Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document -
-All 13 colonies vote YES on declaring independence